Rochester Institute of Technology

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Rochester, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 13,215 students of which 16,004 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Rochester Institute of Technology is categorized as “16” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 66.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,383 and an ACT midpoint of 31. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $34,906, with published in-state tuition of $59,274 and a Pell grant recipient share of 27.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,778, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 70.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 88.8%. Graduates earn a median of $76,571 ten years after enrolling, compared with $65,457 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 529200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 76.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.